I could see my house from far away. When I got a little closer, I could see the door was wide open. I pushed my feet as fast as they could and swung my body over the fence. It felt like my breath was stuck in the middle of my throat and wouldn't go either down or up.
I got in the house and looked for Joey's shoes, but they were gone. I panicked. "Joey!" I shouted as loud as I could. No answer. I shouted again, but there was only silence.
The door to Joey's room opened slowly. In the bed was a pillow, a duvet and some stuffed animals. It was dark. I got out, shut the door behind me and ran into the dark woods. Where could he be?
Twigs hit me in the face while I was running. I ran until I heard a cry. "Paz!" I turned and saw Joey -to my surprise -holding River's hand. "What are you doing out here Joey?!" I shouted at him. "I was just..-" I interrupted him. "I was worried about you!" "I'm sorry," Joey said as he looked down at his dirty shoes. Joey gave me a hug.
I looked at River for 5 seconds and gave him a hug as well. "Thanks for taking care of him," I said into the hug. "No big deal," he mumbled into my hair. We pulled out from the hug and Joey jumped up in my arms. "We should head back before mom and dad comes back," I said ruffing his hair.I gave River a small smile before I turned around.
"Paz," River said and grabbed my arm and turned me around. "I would like to hangout with you sometime.." he said and pulled his hand through his hair. "Sure, what about tomorrow?" I said. "Cool," River said with a big smile. I turned around again and took Joey's hand.
We walked out of the woods and into our house. "What were you actually doing out there Joey?" I said and looked him in the eyes. "I were looking for you," he said as he struggled to get off his cramped sneakers. "Me?" I said.
"Yes. I thought you ran out there again cause you didn't say where you were going. And then I met this boy named River, and I said I was lost, and he said I could stay with him until someone came looking for me and that it wasn't his first time." Joey had to take a deep breath after finishing his long sentence. I let out a little laugh.
"Do you know him? Cause it seemed like it," Joey said quick. "Well.. Kind of," I said with a little smile on my mouth. "Cool!" Joey shouted and ran up the stairs.
I went up the stairs to see Joey sitting in our dark brown colored sofa watching TV. "We do not mention anything in front of mom and dad, okay?" I said and raised my eyebrows. "Nothing," he promised me.
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I woke up by Joey jumping up and down in my bed. "Whaaaat?" I groaned with my hoarse morning voice. "It's Monday!" he shouted while he jumped off the bed and grabbed my arm. I groaned again, lifted myself up from the bed and picked up a towel from a small couch that was in the corner of the room.
After showering and getting dressed I ran down to the kitchen were Maisy was making toast and eggs. "Morning," she mumbled. " Morning." George walked inside the room and took a cup of tea that was placed on the end of the counter. Suddenly a question jumped inside of my thick head. "what's my real last name?" George and Maisy looked at each other and nodded.
Maisy focused on the end of her pink dress and George cleared his throat. " your real last name is Deleon. Your real name was... I mean Is Paz Lily Deleon." Maisy's stared at the window and suddenly jumped. "You are late to school! Hurry up! George will drive you!" She pushed us outside and George leaded me fast to the car. "jump in, kiddo." He slammed the car-door shut and ran to the other side of the car, jumped in and speed off.
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